Travel information Traditions & culture Laos

Travel information Laos traditions & culture: Laos is a country in Asia with 6.7 million inhabitants. It is enclosed by five neighboring countries, namely China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. The Democratic People is hilly with four mountain plateaus. Half the country is covered with afforestation. There flows a number of rivers. The Mekong River provides for a large portion of the border with Myanmar and Thailand. Laos has a tropical monsoon climate. The capital Vientiane has 400,000 inhabitants and a classic European colonial architecture. The city has attractions as the triumphal arch Putuxai, Xieng Khuan, the Buddhist temples Haw Pha Kaew, What Si Saket and Pha That Luang. Furthermore, the Laotian museum of art, the museum of the revolution and the boulevard along the Mekong River. Other cities are Savnnakhet, Pakxe, Namtha, Sam Neua and Phonsavan. At the World Heritage list of UNESCO included the city of Luang Prabang with its 66 temples and the cultural landscape of Champasak and What Phou temple complex. Other attractions in Laos are Boloven plateau, island group Si Phan Don (in the Mekong river), the plain of jars and the waterfalls of Li Phi and Khong Phapheng.